Dr Allan De Boos has been nominated by Australian Wool Innovation Ltd to replace Dr Cameron Archer AM PSM as an AWET Trustee.
Allan’s qualifications include BSc in Textile Technology – Chemistry in 1967 from the University of New South Wales. In 1968, he joined CSIRO as a research scientist where he studied the machine washability of wool garments and the finishing of wool and blend fabrics. In his early years at CSIRO, he also completed a PhD at the Victoria University of Manchester (Department of Chemical Physics).
After 34 years at CSIRO, Dr De Boos in 2002 joined AWI with roles including project and program manager and Woolmark technical manager. From 2014 until his retirement in 2024, Dr De Boos developed and delivered the Woolmark Wool Science and Technology program to universities and colleges in China and India. He was appointed a ‘Distinguished Professor’ at Yantai-Nanshan university in Shandong province.
Dr De Boos is highly regarded throughout the global wool industry for his in depth knowledge of wool – from the technical attributes of the wool fibre itself, through the textile manufacturing supply chain to the final garment. He spent most of his career in textiles, but remained cognizant of the work done by Australian woolgrowers to grow their premium fibre.
After 20 years as a Trustee, Dr Cameron Archer AM PSM, founding Board Chair of Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia (PIEFA) and former Principal of Tocal Agricultural Centre, retired from AWET on 11th November 2025.